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Employees of the AJ100 practices have voted overwhelmingly to recognise an architect who has helped pioneer the position of women in architecture – and whose spirit of optimism shines through her work, says Ruth Slavid. Portraits by Ben Blossom

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The AJ homes issue features studies of two Bristol schemes on former garage sites by Emmett Russell Architects; New Mildmay in east London by Feilden Clegg Bradley and Matthew Lloyd Architects; and Weston Street mansion block in Bermondsey by AHMM. We also look at the growing popularity of co-housing schemes, while Owen Hatherley despairs at the redevelopment of Battersea Power Station ...

Windy city

2 October, 2007

Wakey wakey RHWL! Crisis! Your work converting the Victorian Finsbury TownHall (opposite the AJ’s HQ) might have seemed fine and dandy when you handed it over at the end of last year, but there’s a problem now and no one appears to be doing anything about it. Yesterday’s gales have knocked one of the building’s minarets off-balance and it seems to be on the brink of falling off. Passers-by and resident dancers could suffer a fatal blow ...

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